Ramseyer-Northern Bible Society Collection

Syriac

Syriac was a dialect of Aramaic which was adopted by Christians in the Byzantine
Empire as a religious and liturgical language. Old Syriac Scriptures
have existed since the 2nd century, but in the 4th century a "Vulgate" version
was prepared, much like St. Jerome's Latin Vulgate of about the same time.
Displayed is a New Testament, printed in Leiden in 1717.
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